At 1230 Saturday erindoors wondered aloud if we might have al fresco bacon, eggs, tomato etc, and a glass of something see-through, but we needed to leave the house in less than an hour.
"Yes, woman, give me a yell once you've cooked it! I'll be sitting outside in the sun with a glass of something cool."
If she can't give you enough warning for you to be able to fire up a proper straight charcoal barbi', then she should expect to have to use that expensive machinery which lurks, or so I understand, in the 'kitchen'...
Whatever one of those might be.